City Oilers

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| location = Lugogo, Kampala, Uganda

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| coach = Andrew Tendo

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City Oilers is a basketball club based in Lugogo, Kampala, Uganda. The team competes in the Ugandan National Basketball League (NBL), where it has won 10 championships, the most in league history.{{cite web |title=City Oilers win sixth Uganda basketball championship |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/city-oilers-win-sixth-uganda-basketball-championship/ |website=The Independent |accessdate=25 October 2019 |date=18 October 2018}} The Oilers currently also play in the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Founded in 2011 by a group of friends, the team is named after its main sponsor City Oil.

History

The club was founded by a group of friends who decided to play basketball together. They started playing pick-up games at courts in Kampala, with former national league players joining. Later, Justus Mugisha became head coach and suggested the team joined a basketball league. In 2011, the team was pitched to the director of oil company City Oil and the team was founded as City Oilers.{{cite news |last1=Kaweru |first1=Franklin |title=City Oilers: The making of Uganda’s most successful basketball club |url=https://kawowo.com/2020/04/25/city-oilers-the-making-of-ugandas-most-successful-basketball-club/ |access-date=1 December 2021 |work=Kawowo Sports |date=25 April 2020}} The team started in the NBL Division III in 2011. Later, the team promoted to the NBL Uganda, which it would win eight straight years from 2014. Additionally, the team made several continental appearances, including the 2009 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup.

The team played in the first round of the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments[https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/basketball/2021-10-29-ulinzi-starts-dar-show/ Ulinzi starts Dar show] DANN O’WERRE (The Star), 29 October 2021. Accessed 18 February 2022. where it finished the group play 2-0 but eventually withdrew before the start of the Elite 16. The following year, City Oilers qualified for the 2023 BAL season after beating Urunani in the third place game of the Road to BAL.{{Cite web |title=City Oilers overcome Urunani to punch last ticket to the Basketball Africa League 2023 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2023/qualifiers/news/city-oilers-overcome-urunani-to-punch-last-ticket-to-basketball-africa-league-2023 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}} The Oilers finished 6th in the Nile Conference, winning one game out of five.

The Oilers won their ninth title on 25 October 2023, following a 4-2 series win over the KIU Titans.{{Cite web |last=Kule |first=Edwin Kyle |date=2023-10-25 |title=City Oilers lift record ninth straight National Basketball League title |url=http://kawowo.com/2023/10/26/city-oilers-lift-record-ninth-straight-national-basketball-league-title/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Kawowo Sports |language=en-US}} The following month, they qualified for their second consecutive BAL season when they defeated Dynamo in the Road to BAL semi-finals on 25 November 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-25 |title=City Oilers first team to book 2024 BAL slot in Joburg |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2024/qualifiers/news/city-oiler-first-team-to-book-2024-bal-slot-in-joburg |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}

In December 2023, Mandy Juruni decided to leave the club for an opportunity in Rwanda. As a response, the Oilers hired his assistant Andrew Tendo as the new head of the team.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Tendo, Koma appointed City Oilers' coaches |url=https://sports.mtn.co.ug/2023/12/23/tendo-koma-appointed-city-oilers-coaches/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=MTN Sports |language=en-US}}

Honours

File:City Oilers champions.jpg

National Basketball League

Champions (10): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022,[https://observer.ug/sports/63514-mister-city-oilers Mister City Oilers!] John Vianney Nsimbe (The Observer), 13 February 2020. Accessed 29 June 2021. 2023, 2024

FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championship

Champions (2): 2016, 2017

In international competition

= In the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions =

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup (1 appearance)

::2009 – Ninth Place

= In the Basketball Africa League =

The City Oilers have played in the Road to BAL four times, qualifying in 2023. and 2024. They won their first BAL game on May 5, 2023, beating Ferroviário da Beira 96-75.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" \| Season ! colspan="4" \|Road to BAL ! rowspan="101" \| ! colspan="3" \|Main competition ! rowspan="2" \|Coach
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2021 \| 5 \| 4 \| Fourth Place \| {{na}} \| colspan=3 {{n/a\|DNQ}} \| rowspan="3" \|Mandy Juruni
2022 \| 2 \| 0 \| Elite 16{{efn\|In the 2022 qualification, City Oilers withdrew before the start of the Elite 16.}} \| {{na}} \| colspan=3 {{n/a\|DNQ}}
2023 \| 6 \| 2 \| {{Bronze medal}} \| {{ya}} \|1 \|4 \|6th in Nile Conference
2024 \|4 \|1 \|{{Silver medal}} \|{{ya}} \|1 \|4 \|4th in Nile Conference \|Karim Nesba
Total ! 13 ! 6 ! colspan="2" \| 1/3 ! 2 ! 8 ! !

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! colspan="4" |Road to BAL

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! Qualified

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! Result

2021

| 5

| 4

| Fourth Place

| {{na}}

| colspan=3 {{n/a|DNQ}}

| rowspan="3" |Mandy Juruni

2022

| 2

| 0

| Elite 16{{efn|In the 2022 qualification, City Oilers withdrew before the start of the Elite 16.}}

| {{na}}

| colspan=3 {{n/a|DNQ}}

2023

| 6

| 2

| {{Bronze medal}}

| {{ya}}

|6th in Nile Conference

2024

|{{Silver medal}}

|{{ya}}

|4th in Nile Conference

|Karim Nesba

Total

! 13

! 6

! colspan="2" | 1/3

! 2

! 8

Players

=Current roster=

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{{Player3|num=10|nat=UGA|first=Tony|last=Drileba|pos=SG|m=1.83|kgs=|year=1993|month=12|date=19|note=}}

{{Player3|num=12|nat=UGA|first=Ssenkubuge|last=Allawi|pos=SF|m=1.88|kgs=|year=2002|month=08|date=24|note=}}

{{Player3|num=13|nat=UGA|first=Titus|last=Odeke|pos=C/PF|m=2.03|kgs=|year=1998|month=12|date=29|note=}}

{{Player3|num=14|nat=UGA|first=Robinson|last=Opong|pos=SG|m=1.91|kgs=|year=1989|month=05|date=10|note=}}

{{Player3|num=15|nat=GHA|first=Muhammed|last=Ahmed|pos=PF|m=2.01|kgs=|year=1993|month=08|date=17|note=I}}

{{Player3|num=23|nat=USA|first=Randy|last=Culpepper|pos=G|m=1.83|kgs=|year=1989|month=05|date=16|note=I}}

{{Player3|num=24|nat=SSD|first=Khaman|last=Maluach|pos=F|m=2.18|kgs=|year=2006|month=09|date=13|note=E}}

{{Basketball roster footer|head_coach=* {{flagicon|MAR}} Karim Nesba|asst_coach=|roster_url=https://bal.nba.com/teams/city-oilers-uganda?view=roster|E=BAL Elevate player|accessdate=19 April 2024}}

=Notable players=

{{flagicon|UGA}} Jimmy Enabu
{{flagicon|RWA}} Kami Kabange
{{flagicon|UGA}} Stanley Ocitti
{{flagicon|UGA}} James Okello
{{flagicon|UGA}} Stephen Omony
{{flagicon|UGA}} Robinson Opong
{{flagicon|UGA}} A'Darius Pegues

Head coaches

File:Andrew Tendo City Oilers head coach.jpg

Mandy Juruni: (2012 – 2023)
Andrew Tendo: (2024 – present)
Karim Nesba: (2024 BAL season)

References

External links

[http://basketball.afrobasket.com/team/Uganda/City-Oilers-Kampala/16679?Page=0 City Oilers] at Afrobasket.com

Category:Basketball teams in Uganda

Category:Sport in Kampala

Category:Basketball teams established in 2011

Category:2011 establishments in Uganda

Category:Road to BAL teams

Category:Basketball Africa League teams